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Re: Organized photography?
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lugnet.events.brickfest
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Tue, 10 Aug 2004 03:15:52 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Phillip Thorne wrote:
> Those of us who've attended BrickFests past know that much shutterbugging
> transpires, as hundreds of attendees try to record the fiddly genius of
> thousands of bricks. But don't you just hate the prosaic, non-plastic
> background when it intrudes into your composition? Walls, chairs, carpet;
> conflicting models.
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> At BF-DC-2002, I took a bunch of photos in the Castle room from a low angle,
> nearly a minifig's POV (see
> <http://www.underbase.org/blog/archive/00000167.htm>) -- but darn those
> classroom walls and ceiling! Wouldn't a neutral, sky-blue backdrop be
> preferable? It'd be like something out of the catalogs or Idea Books.
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> I've corresponded with Castle chief Magnus Lauglo, and he's all for the idea, so
> I'm now assembling the fabric-and-dowels I'll be using. Since I've got a module
> for the Moonbase, I'll be bringing a swath of black, too. If the fabric doesn't
> work out, I can pick up some (not easily transported on Amtrak) posterboard (at
> the Ballston Commons Mall) -- it just won't suffice for wide-angle panoramas.
> Either way, I'll need a passerby or two to hold up the backdrop.
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> BrickFest doesn't take its own photos, and asks (in '02, at least) for links
> from attendees who did. I'll make the snaps public, of course -- I'm just
> trying to plan ahead for max aesthetics. Comment?
I have a small mini-studio that I could bring for individual pics if it would be
useful. Gives a nice graded background and can use poster board or fabric on it.
Tommy Armstrong
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| (...) Hey Tommy, et. al. What do you use as far as cameras/lenses? I'm having a devil of a time with depth of field in (obviously macro) shots of my MOCs. It's so frustrating because I know if I just had my trusty view camera all would be fine. All (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| In lugnet.events.brickfest, Tommy Armstrong volunteered: (...) Cool. I was going to suggest this, but thanks for beating me to it. My overambitious idea was that every MOC could get a "yearbook photo" taken, possibly during check-in, as a (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| Those of us who've attended BrickFests past know that much shutterbugging transpires, as hundreds of attendees try to record the fiddly genius of thousands of bricks. But don't you just hate the prosaic, non-plastic background when it intrudes into (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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